Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Unions in Turkey

Candemir, Mehmet; Özcan, Mümin; Güneş, Mustafa; Deliktaş, Ertuğrul

doi:10.3390/mca16010066

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“…Currently, NGOs such as Ganja Agribusiness Association (GABA) are in operation with the goal to improve the productivity of the agricultural products and sustainability of hazelnut production. Their activities with farmers involve human potential development and knowledge, and resource transfer through training on various subjects related to agriculture [14]. Besides, NGOs also provide agricultural inputs and various grants [6,15].…”

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The Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Hazelnut Production in Azerbaijan: An Analysis of the Role of NGOs

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The role of non-government organizations (NGOs) has been commendable in promoting sustainable farming. Through mobilization of existing resources and provision of training to farmers on various agriculture subjects, NGOs could trigger increased productivity and agricultural sustainability. However, empirical evidence on this claim is limited and no study recognizes the supporting conditions required for NGO intervention to improve productivity. Cross-sectional data from hazelnut farmers in Azerbaijan are used to evaluate the role of NGO intervention in improving farmers' technical efficiency. To this end, stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) is applied to study hazelnut farmers' production efficiency. Three different measures are employed to estimate NGO intervention: Training, subsidy and, a combination of training and subsidy. The results indicate that NGO intervention is not significant in influencing technical efficiency. This is attributable to the absence of good organization, innovation orientation, accountability and stakeholder involvement and support which are the necessary supporting conditions facilitating an enabling environment for NGO intervention to improve farmers' technical efficiency. Therefore, we recommend policy directed at addressing these issues in order to simultaneously enhance farmers' productivity and improve the functioning of the NGOs. Beyond NGO intervention, encouraging farmers to specialize in hazelnut production and allocating more suitable land for hazelnut production will also improve farmers' technical efficiency significantly.

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“…Turkey is a top producer, with a supply of 70% to 75% of the world hazelnut production. In addition, Turkey is the largest exporter of hazelnut, followed by Germany, Italy, USA, France, Canada, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine, and the Netherlands (Candemir et al 2011;Edible nuts, food, and agriculture 2014). Most of the nutshell grown in Turkey is burned or left in the agricultural land after harvest (Copur et al 2007).…”

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Mechanical, Morphological, and Thermal Properties of Nutshell and Microcrystalline Cellulose Filled High-Density Polyethylene Composites

Boran¹

2016

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Effects of nutshell fiber loadings of 30 wt.% and MCC loadings up to 15 wt.% on some properties of high-density polyethylene composites (HDPE) were investigated. The composites were manufactured by a single screw extruder and injection molding. The experimental composite samples were tested for their mechanical performance including tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, and impact strength. Thermal and morphological properties of the composites were tested by differential scanning calorimetry-DSC and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. The maximum tensile strength was obtained from the MCC-filled composites, whereas the maximum flexural strength was achieved with the MCC-nutshell filled composites. The tensile and flexural moduli of the composites were significantly improved with increasing MCC content and the presence of nutshell fibers in polymer matrix. Impact strength decreased using MCC and nutshell fiber in the polymer matrix. Based on the DSC results, there was no remarkable change in the melting point for all composites. The results showed that the incorporation of nutshell fibers and MCC in the polymer matrix had brought about some positive effect on mechanical properties of HDPE composites.

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“…The most used DEA models are: CCR [1] and BCC [8]. The first assumes constant returns-to-scale, while the latter works under variable returns-to-scale, replacing the axiom of proportionality by convexity.…”

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“…Classic DEA models [1,6] were used to analyse the relative efficiency of energy consumption in the agriculture by [7]. In [8], the production relative efficiencies and productivity changes of agricultural cooperatives were measured using DEA and the Malmquist index. In [9], the beef cattle production was examined using a unitary input DEA model combined to relative efficiency measures generated by the inverted DEA frontier.…”

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Productive performance of small peri-urban farms using self-organizing maps and data envelopment analysis

Rubem¹,

Moura²,

Oliveira³

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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In this paper, we aim to analyze the productive performance of plots cultivated by family farmers. We use an alternative Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach to calculate the relative efficiency of such plots. Notwithstanding, DEA's basic assumption includes the homogeneity of the production units under analysis. Herein, as the chemical composition of the soil varies considerably among plots, directly influencing their fertility, and, thus, their productivity levels, the plots shall be grouped into homogeneous clusters first. For that, we use SelfOrganizing Maps, based on their comparative advantages to other methods. Then, the relative efficiencies of plots within each cluster will be assessed using separate DEA models. Nonetheless, a direct comparison among the scores of plots from different clusters is not feasible, because the relative efficiency of a production unit can solely be compared to those inserted in the same set of analysis. Hence, to overcome such inconvenience, we further apply a technique that allows compensating for the non-homogeneity of plots. The results indicate that, when countervailing the effects of the chemical composition of the soil, the plots with favorable conditions do not necessarily present better productive outcomes.

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Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Unions in Turkey

Cited by 27 publications

References 13 publications

The Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Hazelnut Production in Azerbaijan: An Analysis of the Role of NGOs

The Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Hazelnut Production in Azerbaijan: An Analysis of the Role of NGOs

Mechanical, Morphological, and Thermal Properties of Nutshell and Microcrystalline Cellulose Filled High-Density Polyethylene Composites

Productive performance of small peri-urban farms using self-organizing maps and data envelopment analysis

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